Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Stephanomeria exigua subsp. deanei |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | stephanomeria; wire-lettuce; wire lettuce; wirelettuce; wreath-plant; wreath plant; wreathplant; milk-aster; milk aster; milkaster |
| Species common name(s) | small stephanomeria; small wire-lettuce; small wirelettuce; small wire lettuce; small wreath-plant; small wreath plant; small wreathplant; small skeletonplant; white-plume stephanomeria; white-plume wire-lettuce; white-plume wirelettuce; white plume wire lettuce; whiteplume wirelettuce; white-plume milk-aster; slender stephanomeria; slender wreathplant; slender rock-lettuce; annual wire-lettuce; annual wirelettuce; annual wire lettuce |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | annual mitra, annual stephanomeria are applied to multiple Stephanomeria taxa; skeleton-weed, skeletonweed, skeleton weed, stickweed, stick-weed, stick weed, mitra are applied to taxa in multiple families; Basin daisy, Basin-daisy are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa |
| | | Notes | Deane is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Deanes, Dean, Dean's, Deans are errors |
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